Will this controller work with/recognize SATA-III drives? I have WD RED with jumpers to force SATA-II
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I don't see why not. I'm running two new WD Blue 1TB drives (striped) and they work fine.
333923
all sata 3 drives are compatible with sata 2 interfaces, so yes it should work
1781902
I dont know - but you can try here for answers -- http://serverfault.com/questions/84043/zfs-sas-sata-controller-recommendations
411851
It should work if you have a SATA drive. You need to correctly open and mount the drive into the enclosure and snap the enclosure closed.
2171639
Hi, yes it works, it can handle both PATA and SATA drives, inside the enclosure you will find one connector for each type of interface.
1608079
It should work. Most Sata 3 will be backward compatible with sata2, which runs only 3G/s not 6G/s.
639052
Will this work with a sata drive bay? Does it need to connect directly to a motherboard?
198835
hi, just to clarify, this board has 2 sata III connections which should work with any drive that is compatible with the sata standard. ssd or hdd even a bluray drive. make sure you have the black sata power connectors from power supply too.
2275568
This will work with any Hard Drive that has a SATA port. I just looked up your drive and it does have a SATA connection so you're good to go.
1496440
All of these kinds of adapters are very flaky. They work with some drives, and others they will not. There is no way of knowing unless you can find someone that's using your exact same drives. Among several variables, it's the chipset of the drive that usually determines this. (This DID NOT WORK with a SATA HD I got, trying to use it in an external IDE enclosure. In a case such as that, it may be the HD or of course it may be the enclosure). I've tried similar adapters with optical drives and some worked and some did not.
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It should work fine, though I haven't used that brand drive myself. It's the correct type (SATA III).
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I have not tried it, but it should be fine. It doesn't care what SATA drive you plug in really, it's up to the OS to figure that out anyway.
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The board does not support SATA III, but the specification is backwards compatible with SATA II. So it will work fine but you won't realize the increased speed that SATA III provides. Not really a big deal.
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Yes. I simply added a formatted 500 gig sata drive and it works fine. That is if it doesn't come with one in the box....check to see what it is listed with.
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Hello Tom....I'm not sure... I'm using it on a 500GB sata II.... But since it is USB 3.0 I don't think why it wont handle it. Anyway.... Read my post... The enclosure itself is very nice but for some reason the deive keeps disconnecting and reconecting..... I think it is a connector design issue.
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I don't see why not:quote from SanDisk site (applies to all SATA):SATA II specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I ports. SATA III specifications provide backward compatibility to function on SATA I and SATA II ports. However, the maximum speed of the drive will be slower due to the lower speed limitations of the port.
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Yes it will. Note that the slot on top works with SATA only. For older IDE drives, you will have to use the included cables.